Officials

Offical

Name: Paki, Evan Jeremy

Current Position: Previous Ambassador

The current Papua New Guinea ambassador to the United States, since September 8, 2003, is Evan Jeremy Paki, who also serves as ambassador to Mexico and High Commissioner to Canada. Paki earned a law degree from Papua New Guinea Law School and a Masters in Law from the Harvard Law School, where he was a Fulbright scholar. He also attended the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard and the International Law Institute in Washington, D.C. Paki worked briefly at the Multicultural Investment and Guarantee Agency in Washington, D.C., and then became a banking and finance lawyer for the Sydney, Australia office of the Baker & McKenzie law firm. In 1999 Paki took leave from Baker & McKenzie to work with U.S. investors interested in various Papua New Guinea mining and oil projects. While back in Papua New Guinea, he served as an advisor with the Mining and Petroleum Division of the Internal Revenue Commission and practiced law. From 2001 to 2003 Paki was external advisor to the Office of the Prime Minister of Papua New Guinea.